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Proctor switches allegiance to Britain

pwalker — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:50:10 +0000

Britain snaps up 2012 long jump contender Proctor – Athletics, More Sports – The Independent

British Athletics acquired another ready-made world class recruit yesterday with the announcement that Shara Proctor, a long jumper and triple jumper, has switched allegiance from the Caribbean island of Anguilla.

Having placed sixth in the long jump at the World Championships in Berlin last year, the 22-year-old will be a notable addition to the Great Britain squad in the countdown to the home Olympics of 2012 – as will the 100m hurdler Tiffany Ofili, whose transfer from the United States was announced by UK Athletics two months ago and rubber-stamped by the International Association of Athletic Federations in Monaco last weekend.

Ofili, a bronze medallist for the US at the 2006 World Junior Championships, has a British mother. Proctor has had British citizenship since birth. Like Ofili, she has been placed on Podium level Lottery funding by UK Athletics.

“I’m happy to welcome Shara into the team,” Charles van Commenee, head coach of UK Athletics, said. “She’s a high-calibre athlete who has proven to be able to make finals at global championships. We are not strong in women’s field events at the moment. The fact that Shara has decided to represent Britain from now on will make the team stronger.”

That team has already been strengthened by recruits from overseas in recent years. The Jamaican-born Germaine Mason won Olympic high jump silver for Britain in 2008, while Michael Bingham, a former US junior decathlete, took silver in the 400m at the European Championships in Barcelona in July.

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CONCACAF women make run for gold

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:02:41 +0000

The Olympic qualifiers are now on for Women’s soccer in the region. The qualifiers thus far have yielded some rather interesting results, the most astounding ones being the Cuban victory over the British Virgin Islands – 21:0 and the Trinidad and Tobago win over St. Vincent and the Grenadines – 9:0. Get more of these fabulous results here.

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BVI Cricket Team shares victory with Anguillan team

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:05:43 +0000

June 23-24th highlighted two Stanford 20-20 matches that were played between BVI and Anguilla. This was part of a tour to Anguilla of the BVI Cricket Association in an effort to prepare for the Stanford 20-20 tournament by strengthen their team’s abilities. Anguilla won the first day with 114 for 4 off their allotted 20 overs but was bowled out for 108 in the19th over.

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Scotiabank Anguilla Limited sponsors Kiddies Cricket

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:31:34 +0000

On June 3rd, Red and Blue teams were formed in an effort to promote the development of cricket in primary schools. The Red team represented Scotiabank who sponsored a ten over match, and the Blue Team represented Michael Fleming, a supporter of youth cricket. The Red Team scored 47 runs for 8 wickets off ten overs the first battle and in response, the Blue team scored 45 for 7 wickets. Keep it up kids!!

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